A retrospective evaluation of the storm surge produced by hurricane gustav (2008): Forecast and hindcast results

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1577-1602

  Forbes, Cristina ^a,b   Luettich Jr, Richard A ^a   Mattocks, Craig A ^c   Westerink, Joannes J ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Hindcasts; Hurricanes; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OCEAN; GRID NODE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HINDCASTS; HURRICANE RESEARCH; INPUT PARAMETER; MESOSCALE; MODEL SKILL; NORTH AMERICAN; RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATIONS; RIVER FLOW; STORM SURGES; STORM TRACK; TIME STEP; TRACK DATA; WAVE SETUP; WIND ANALYSIS; WIND DATA; WIND MODELS;

FLOODS; HURRICANES; WATER LEVELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

HINDCASTING; HURRICANE GUSTAV 2008; STORM SURGE; STORM TRACK; WATER LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78650994499     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222416.1     Document Type: Article

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